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Plymouth Humanists provides a range of activities where non-religious people can meet, socialise, deb

Humanists are people who believe in our ability to be good, caring and productive without believing in any gods or belonging to a religion. We believe reason and empathy are the best ways of trying to work out what is right and wrong, and attempting to solve problems faced by society. Our focus is the here and now, and working together to make our world a better place for everyone. Plymouth Humanists is partner group of Humanists UK, the national charity for non-religious people. For more information visit www.humanism.org.uk If you share these values, and live in or are connected to Plymouth, please join us. As well as our web site we also have a Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PlymHumans/

01/11/2026

There was a nice tribute to Patrick Steward and his support for humanism on today’s Sunday program (starts 31 minutes in)

Emily Buchanan takes a look at the ethical and religious issues of the week.

31/10/2026

In November we have Owen Ryles, Chief Executive of the Plymouth Athenaeum coming to talk to us. He is going to tell us about the life of Richard Owen, the man who coined the term ‘dinosauria’, his campaign that led to the formation of the Natural History Museum and his friction and rivalry with Charles Darwin. Plymouth has long laid claim to be the place where Owen first used the term dinosaur, but is that correct? Join us as we try to separate fact from fiction.

We will be in Room 115 in Rolle Building, James Street at the University of Plymouth. This event is free and all are welcome, although a voluntary contribution (cash or card) to help cover speakers’ costs would be appreciated.

For more details see under the ‘Events’ tab on our Facebook Group or Page.

Various ornithopod dinosaurs / Drawing by John Conway / CC BY-SA 3.0

21/10/2026

Our talk on Artificial Intelligence is less than a week away – we’ll be in Room 115 of the Rolle Building at Plymouth University at 19:30 on Tuesday 27th October. All are welcome to this free event. See the details under the ‘events’ tab on our Facebook Group or Page.

Image Pixabay / CC0 1.0

06/10/2026

Perhaps you share some of these concerns? Come along to our talk on Artificial Intelligence this month and find out more about AI – we’ll be in Room 115 of the Rolle Building at Plymouth University at 19:30 on Tuesday 27th October. See the details under the ‘events’ tab on our Facebook Group or Page

Following a series of warnings about the risks posed by artificial intelligence this week, where does the British public stand?

02/10/2026

Last year representatives of the global humanist community agreed The Luxembourg Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Human. Our talk this month looks at the realities of AI – join us on Tuesday 27th October at 19:30 in Room 115 of the Rolle Building at the University of Plymouth. More details under the ‘event’ table of our page or Group

Representatives of the global humanist community collectively resolved to pass The Luxembourg Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Human Values at the 2025 general assembly of Humanists International, held in Luxembourg on Sunday 6 July. Drafted by Humanists UK with input from leading AI exp...

28/09/2026

After last night’s BBC Radio 4 program on the problems of leaving a controlling religion, Humanists UK are running a Crowdfunder to raise money for Faith to Faithless, which supports those in similar situations. You can contribute here https://humanists.uk/donate/action/ftf-crowdfunder-2026/

Your family. Your friends. Your home. The community you have known all your life. For some people, questioning or leaving a controlling religious environment can mean losing almost everything. Faith to Faithless is there for people making that journey – helping them find support, rebuild their liv...

27/09/2026

Catch this today at 19:15 on Radio 4 - a groundbreaking radio documentary 'Faithless' which follows the story of four supporters of Faith to Faithless, Humanists UK’s award winning service supporting people who have left controlling religious environments.

A groundbreaking radio documentary Faithless will air on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday at 19:15, following the story of four supporters of Faith to Faithless, Humanists UK’s award winning service supporting people who have left controlling religious environments. For much of their lives, Micki, Esther, ...

25/09/2026

An interesting talk about the links between humanism and Star Trek (we're hoping to get James to come down and speak to us at some point, although not necessarily about Star Trek!)

Star Trek is one of the most successful media franchises in history...

24/09/2026

We had a really enjoyable talk on Tuesday evening, thanks to all of you who were able to come along. Martin has provided some further information relating to what he was discussing, which you can find here:

We started off our autumn series of talks with a very well attended and much appreciated talk on “Chaos, Fractals and Not So Random Numbers” from Dr Martin Lavelle. Martin has provided some links which reference various topics he covered in his talk - expand the post to see them

17/09/2026

Sorry for the delay - we now have a location for our talk on Tuesday 22nd. We will be in Room 115 in Rolle Building, James Street at the University of Plymouth. We will arrange for the doors to be open or someone there to let you in between 19:00 and 19:30 (they are usually locked after 18:00). We will also have someone there to let in any late comers, but please don’t delay too long! If you are not sure where it is, it’s just south of the James Street Vaults – see the campus map here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/about-us/visit/our-campuses

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